NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Internal Medicine Physician in Louisiana

1,749 NPPES records list internal medicine physician with a practice address in Louisiana, 38 per 100,000 residents, the 28th highest rate of 51. New Orleans and Baton Rouge have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Louisiana license search. Page 25 of 35.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207R00000X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

New Orleans has the most, 392

  1. New Orleans392
  2. Baton Rouge256
  3. Shreveport218
  4. Lafayette107
  5. Metairie76

Internal Medicine Physician records in Louisiana

  1. John Oubre, M.D.Covington, LA 704331295945434
  2. Susan Ovella, MDCovington, LA 704331104836790
  3. George Ozborn, DOJefferson, LA 701211821733635
  4. Yogesh Pancholi, M.D.Metairie, LA 700011588601330
  5. Alok Pant, MDShreveport, LA 711031578875084
  6. Rory Panzarello, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708091821593765
  7. Andrea Paredes Henriquez, MDCovington, LA 704331063151017
  8. Parimal Parikh, M DKenner, LA 700651871552133
  9. Paul Parker, MDCovington, LA 704331659348647
  10. Kenneth Parks, MDMamou, LA 705541952349078
  11. Akhil Parulkar, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701121285741132
  12. Conner Pate, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121184327272
  13. Akshar Patel, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701191659752384
  14. Amy Patel, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701191164765418
  15. Chirag Patel, MDCovington, LA 704331487971362
  16. Deepesh Patel, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708021588681159
  17. Dhruvkumar PatelShreveport, LA 711031356910889
  18. Falguni Patel, M.DMarrero, LA 700721437563012
  19. Harshadbhai Patel, M.D.Kenner, LA 700651922147321
  20. Jason PatelCovington, LA 704331710418702
  21. Jay Patel, M.D.Lafayette, LA 705031093176992
  22. Jignesh PatelLafayette, LA 705061417182346
  23. Neelay Patel, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708061912494667
  24. Neil Patel, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708081770946154
  25. Nipur PatelBaton Rouge, LA 708091710410865
  26. Martha Paterson, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708081154329993
  27. Riddhi PatodiaJefferson, LA 701211457932113
  28. Christina Patterson, DOGonzales, LA 707371730717893
  29. John Patterson, MDMetairie, LA 700021518913862
  30. Andrew PaulkLake Charles, LA 706071487116778
  31. Emily Paulk, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701211417369869
  32. Neal PavlovNew Orleans, LA 701211467816876
  33. Qamaruddin Paykargar, MDJefferson, LA 701211427750777
  34. Eric Payne, MDFranklinton, LA 704381356306864
  35. Kristen Payne, MDNew Orleans, LA 701191326435348
  36. Katherine Peacock, MDNew Orleans, LA 701191205464898
  37. Katherine Pearce, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708081871593368
  38. Charles Pearson, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708081801806153
  39. Christopher Peck, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708081326798752
  40. Carol Peebles, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708091447364583
  41. James Peeples, DOJefferson, LA 701211851035406
  42. Margaret Pelitere, MDNew Orleans, LA 701151154325868
  43. Robert Peltier, M.D.Hammond, LA 704031467422063
  44. Wesley Penn, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708081255673026
  45. Alejandro PenzoPineville, LA 713611043320765
  46. Jacob Peoples, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708081811491665
  47. Alan Perego, M.D.Jackson, LA 707481588783716
  48. Juan Perez Ruiz, MDLafayette, LA 705031821106261
  49. Linnea Perkins, MDNew Orleans, LA 701211487913968
  50. Matthew Perkins, MDBossier City, LA 711111215496690

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207R00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Louisiana ranks 28 of 51 per resident

  1. Washington39
  2. Nevada38
  3. Arizona38
  4. Louisiana38
  5. North Carolina37
  6. Tennessee36
  7. 50 states and D.C.44

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207R00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

85.2% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 78.7% nationally

A Medicare file here is Part D prescribing (2024), a MIPS score (2023), an Open Payments record (2024) or Medicare group billing (CMS Doctors and Clinicians). A record outside them may still see patients: these files cover Medicare only.

  1. Louisiana85.2%
  2. United States78.7%

Internal Medicine Physician records in Louisiana, measured

  • In a Medicare file1,490 of 1,749 · 85.2% here, 78.7% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file1,217 · 69.6% here, 61.4% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more978 · 55.9% here, 55.4% nationally
  • Median graduation year2008 · the 1,216 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207R00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

1,749 NPPES records list internal medicine physician (207R00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Louisiana: 38 per 100,000 residents against 44 nationally (50 states and D.C.). New Orleans has 392 of them (22%).

A record is a registration a provider made and keeps up to date: it shows neither that the provider is licensed nor that they still practice there. The state's own license search is the check.

States with a similar number

  1. Alabama1,705
  2. South Carolina1,881
  3. Kentucky1,526
  4. Colorado2,046

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Arizona38.4
  2. Nevada38.5
  3. North Carolina37.4
  4. Washington39.4

The largest states

  1. California17,696
  2. New York12,067
  3. Florida10,151
  4. Texas9,175
  5. Pennsylvania7,300

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy; 2023 Census population estimates. A registry record is not a license.

Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.